Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 This same attitude can also be seen in the exasperating , but typical , response that we received whenever we questioned a third party 's motives for doing something : ‘ Oh , sara ’ li kaa' ’ — roughly : ‘ Oh , it 's his business . ’
2 Watch how he scored the second — and that 's 3 goals in 3 games .
3 I think I can understand why he chose the 18th century .
4 The party has been placed in the impossible position of choosing a leader to fight the next election when it has not yet had the opportunity to discuss why it lost the last one .
5 Remember how we missed the last bus because I was kissing you — we did n't know where we were , or what we were doing , did we ?
6 remember when he hit the first stone and hit that car window
7 He knew how he wanted the last scene to look .
8 As she did so she noticed a second man , who peered with interest from the passenger seat of the utility .
9 did n't ya had the last , said you were out
10 Saw how he grasped every last detail of it and held that knowledge tight in his memory .
11 ‘ I think I know what quality you were seeing when you engaged the last one , ’ Anna teased affectionately .
12 He said it was important that the pace of change was ‘ right ’ but refused to say when he expected the last of the doomed homes to say goodbye to its last resident .
13 I 'm sure you can imagine how I felt the next morning — I could n't move a muscle !
14 Yes , I see why I represented a last hope , ’ she said .
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